한국판 청소년용 자기자비척도(K-SCS-Y)의 요인구조 재탐색

Abstract

Objectives This study re-examined the factor structure of the K-SCS-Y(Park & Ahn, 2022), which validated the Self-Compassion Scale-Youth(SCS-Y)(Neff et al., 2020) for Korean adolescents.
 Methods To this end, a questionnaire targeting 248 middle school students in the Busan area was analyzed through traditional exploratory factor analysis and factor analysis with rotation to a partially specified target to search for the optimal factor model. Factor Analysis with Rotation to a Partially Specified Target was based on the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale: SCS-Y(Neff et al., 2020); items that were index variables for each factor were estimated as free parameters, and other items were restricted to numbers close to 0.
 Results First, as a result of the traditional exploratory factor analysis, both the 5-factor and 6-factor models of K-SCS-Y were found to be inappropriate. Second, as a result of factor analysis with rotation to a partially specified target based on the factor structure of SCS-Y(Neff et al., 2020), the indicator variable items for each factor were almost identical to those of SCS-Y.
 Conclusions As the factor structure of K-SCS-Y, the same 6-factor structure as Neff's(2003) concept of self-compassion was confirmed. This result is expected to lead to the activation of self-compassion research targeting adolescents.